When we started Interbots nearly five years ago, we didn’t know much about business plans, BOMs, or patent claims. We did, however, have our robot Quasi and a fantastic, close-knit team of talented people who were passionate about creating engaging, believable, emotionally expressive robots. Our original vision was to sell high-end animatronic robots like Quasi to science centers, museums, and theme parks. Eventually we built Quasi’s younger sister, Moxi, and spent several years entertaining audiences at over 40 events around the world. Watching children (and adults) interact with Quasi and Moxi, we discovered that there was something magical about puppeteered animatronics – something you don’t get with an autonomous experience and something you don’t get when you interact directly with another human being. It was something unique that stemmed from the puppeteering itself.
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